The 90s thread

[Cruyff14]

Thing about x files i believe strongly it was on at the same time as the footy show

Nope, it was Wednesday 8.30

 

[Shell]

I miss Target lollies. Plastic soft drink cup with as many as you could jam in for $3. Or if you could stretch to $4 you could get a large cup. Target -> Hoyts -> train home -> sugar crash.

Or jazzies.

When i worked at hoyts we had a bucket underneath the counter for when people had too much and wanted some taken out. So basically all the free popcorn, soft drink, reject lollies and broken choc tops you could eat.

 

[peternorth]

I disagree- Glenn Ridge and Jo went ok. It was when he left it all turned to s**t with Ed Phillips?

Whenever Sale of the Century comes up, I automatically think of my Papu- watched it religiously (while probably not being able to understand all of what was being said), and getting all excited when they won the car.

same with my older generation relatives. little to no grasp of the quetsions due to limited english. but loved when contestants picked from the board and got $25!

 

[Scotland]

Or jazzies.

When i worked at hoyts we had a bucket underneath the counter for when people had too much and wanted some taken out. So basically all the free popcorn, soft drink, reject lollies and broken choc tops you could eat.

I don't know what jazzies is.

The Hoyts I used to go to as a kid was a standalone building with an area in the middle with snack bar, arcade machines etc. and a bunch of cinemas around it. You could go along and watch 2 or 3 movies with one ticket once you got past the main entrance.

 

[peternorth]

I don't know what jazzies is.

The Hoyts I used to go to as a kid was a standalone building with an area in the middle with snack bar, arcade machines etc. and a bunch of cinemas around it. You could go along and watch 2 or 3 movies with one ticket once you got past the main entrance.

sounds like a seedy strip joint.

 

[Shell]

I don't know what jazzies is.

The Hoyts I used to go to as a kid was a standalone building with an area in the middle with snack bar, arcade machines etc. and a bunch of cinemas around it. You could go along and watch 2 or 3 movies with one ticket once you got past the main entrance.

Lol, its a lolly shop. Was- went out of business years ago.

 

[Scotland]

sounds like a seedy strip joint.

That seems about right for Shell's alley. Though people don't normally go from strip joints to Hoyts...

 

[Scotland]

I hardly ever go to the movies, maybe once a year, so I don't know how popular it still is - other than Marvel superhero movies breaking records each time they come out. What I do know is that in the 90s the most popular thing was the biggest and best, latest and greatest. Super mega extreme screen with surround sound and cup holders and... all that jazz. Given the advancement in home cinema technology (and how cheap it is, you can get a 75 inch TV for about $2000. In 1995 $2000 would get you a 51cm Akai) things have swung back the other way a bit with people going to boutique cinemas, outdoor screenings etc. for the experience.

 

[peternorth]

Game Shows still had some pull on tv in 1990's although. Sale of Century without Tony Barber was never the same.

Wheel of Fortune in late afternoon and The Price Is Right were ones I remember.

Comedy Shows I tended to tune into were Cheers but Seinfield never got into as much as others but a mate of a mate had been recording every episode on VHS so some weekend party at his house when party wound down, ended up seeing 3 or 4 episodes of it late at night at his house and from there saw why it was so popular.

Started watching South Park on SBS in later 90's which appealed to me straight away.

X Files in mid 90's started watching on channel 10..
Early 90's Footy on tv was still rarely live unless a game from interstate in Perth for example.

But if there was a Friday night game in Melbourne if you were out on Friday night you could catch up in car what going on by radio but the tv coverage was still mainly much later delayed telecast on channel 7. Saturday night was still a replay show on channel 7 for 90 minutes or up to two hours of 2 or 3 games from Saturday. Early 90's was still a time you could find 3 to 5 games on a Saturday in Melbourne at grounds like Princes Park, Windy Hill, Victoria Park, Moorabin and Western Oval. Waverley Park at some point in mid 90's tended to be Hawthorn and Saints playing home games there and Essendon left windy Hill for MCG. North had already left Arden Street in 80's for the MCG Friday night type schedule. So now it was 4 clubs playing home games at MCG and 2 at Waverley Park it was not long before it was down to only 3 traditional suburban grounds in mid to late 90's. Geelong only club that kept their own ground.
Late 90's was last games at Waverley Park. So lots of games on Saturday you would only see 20 to 30 minutes of on Saturday night replay show.
Channel 9 would be running Hey Hey It's Saturday at similar time and often if you were going out Saturday night you would tune into one of these before hitting the nightclubs or pubs to see live bands or parties with friends.

If you were getting home at 3, 4 or 5 in morning, would often be late night chance you crash watching bits of Rage on channel 2. Which was really a spill over from 80's when Rage was probably even bigger due to music videos were more popular and new to music lovers. "Video killed the Radio Star"...

my fave memories of watching hey hey was sitting on a 2 seat sofa with a former flame and her attractive sister. it was squishy.

 

[Shell]

I worked Hoyts- 16 screen cinema- between 1996-2001. 1996, the peak times on Friday and Saturday night were crazy busy, im talking lines outside the foyer. Late 90s tho i definitely remember it becoming less hectic during those "peak" times. That was a long time ago tho and cinemas are still going strong so I doubt home cinemas will kill it off. Going to the movies is really about getting out of the house + the atmosphere, cant do that at home.

 

[Jobe Watson]

I haven't watched wrestling in probably 15 years, but I still sometimes go back and watch the big moments from the attitude era of wrestling in the late 90s.

Sh*t like this was just pure entertainment. They wouldn't do stuff like this today.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I hardly ever go to the movies, maybe once a year, so I don't know how popular it still is - other than Marvel superhero movies breaking records each time they come out.

Thank you for writing 'hardly ever.' Some bloke with a superhero name on here got into me because I said I 'never' go to the movies, just once a year or so. Onya.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Pamela Anderson

 

[Scotland]

Thank you for writing 'hardly ever.' Some bloke with a superhero name on here got into me because I said I 'never' go to the movies, just once a year or so. Onya.

Not all heroes wear capes.

 

[Scotland]

52 kg at 17/18, did you have a vagina? I was about 70kg in year 12 and there wasn't much of me.

The things I could eat back then... even on a day where I wasn't playing sport at or after school or doing a few hours of night fill I could still smash a day's worth of calories in one meal and not notice. Remember buying a 2L bottle of soft drink warm for about $1.50 or whatever it was on special then chucking it in the big work cool room for a bit then drinking the lot over a 4 hour shift because it was hot in the storeroom and it was physical(ish) work. Disgusting to think about now. Don't drink much soft drink but any more than a 375 mL can and I'd probably feel a bit grim.

I remember going to the local Supa Valu in primary school. You'd get $3 or so for Friday lunch money and would have to juggle how much you could get from the school canteen vs how much you could get afterwards from the shop. $3 in 1994 got you some pikelets at recess, pie or some other kind of hot lunch then a packet of chips and a chocolate bar after school. How that generation wasn't as fat as the current one...

 

[Cleavy]

I don't know what jazzies is.

The Hoyts I used to go to as a kid was a standalone building with an area in the middle with snack bar, arcade machines etc. and a bunch of cinemas around it. You could go along and watch 2 or 3 movies with one ticket once you got past the main entrance.

it was a pick 'n' mix candy shop. sometimes they were connected to the Cinemas or just in a shopping centre.

 

[woota]

I hardly ever go to the movies, maybe once a year, so I don't know how popular it still is - other than Marvel superhero movies breaking records each time they come out. What I do know is that in the 90s the most popular thing was the biggest and best, latest and greatest. Super mega extreme screen with surround sound and cup holders and... all that jazz. Given the advancement in home cinema technology (and how cheap it is, you can get a 75 inch TV for about $2000. In 1995 $2000 would get you a 51cm Akai) things have swung back the other way a bit with people going to boutique cinemas, outdoor screenings etc. for the experience.

I haven't been to the movies in over 2 years and I don't think I will ever go again. The experience has been completely ruined for me since they brought in allocated seating. Going to the movies used to be so casual - you go and buy your popcorn, stroll into the cinema and sit wherever the f*ck you want. Now you walk in there with your mobile phone turned on, walk up and down the aisles looking for the tiny little numbers written on seats trying to find your allocated seat. Terrible experience.

 

[Shell]

Not every cinema has allocated. Majority probably do, but there are some out there that dont.

But i do agree with you.

 

[kickazz]

I still remember having the s**t scared out of me by The Extraordinary.

Telly Savalas' appearance on this show was a highlight:

 

[Kram]

Endless replays of the same set of Schweppes Classic Catches all through the summer.

 

[GWBogan]

The greatest classic catch IMO is Paul "Fatty" Vautin and that ****ing catch...

 

[Gough]

The greatest classic catch IMO is Paul "Fatty" Vautin and that ******* catch...

Still Dyson for me, he's the only one left standing from that dismissal, Roo and Clarke have both died.

 

[Scotland]

Fatty Vortin you orsey borsted!

 

[Macpotata]

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****ing awesome. Loved getting them in Show Bags too.


Another great 90's memory.

 

[Macpotata]

No love for this?

****en awesome.



Can never forget that sound.